On Kotka Region Transport services, you can pay for your journey in cash, by contactless payment, Waltti travel card or with a pre-purchased mobile ticket (e.g. Waltti Mobile app).
Available for purchase with local payment, cash, Waltti card, Waltti Mobile app and partner mobile apps.
- Waltti Value is available for junior, student, adult, and senior tickets.
- Waltti Mobile and cash are available for junior and adult tickets. The adult ticket can be purchased with contactless payment.
- The ticket is personal.
- Only one person can pay for a ticket with contactless payment. Other payment methods allow you to buy a ticket for more than one passenger.
- The ticket must be displayed on the reader when boarding the bus. A cash ticket can be purchased from the driver in the vehicle.
- The price is determined by the payment method and the number of travel zones.
- When paying in cash, it’s recommended to have the exact amount, as the driver will accept a maximum of €20 banknotes.
- A Value ticket reduces the amount of money loaded on the card by the cost of the journey made. Senior and student vouchers are personal, and the second passenger’s fare is based on the adult price.
- The transfer validity is 60 minutes when paying with cash or Arvo value card. With a mobile ticket or contactless payment, the transfer validity is 90 minutes. For a journey between two zones, the ticket’s transfer validity is 90, regardless of the fare. The ticket is valid only within the zones specified on the ticket. The validity period and zones are displayed on both mobile and paper tickets.
- If you are traveling a two-zone journey with a single ticket that includes a transfer, you must purchase a ticket for the correct number of zones in the first vehicle. Otherwise, a new ticket must be purchased for the connecting journey crossing the zone boundary. The driver cannot charge only the difference between zone prices, even if the transfer validity on the ticket is still active.
- A personal Waltti card can have both a season ticket and value on it at the same time. If the card has both, the on-board device will prioritize the season ticket. If you wish to pay for a journey using the value, you must select “Poikkeus matka” before stamping the card.
- Stamping (or re-stamping) during the antipass period is not allowed. The exchange will only work after the antipass period, i.e., at least 2 minutes after the ticket has been stamped. If the Waltti card is stamped within 2 minutes of the previous stamping, a new value ticket price will be charged, or the card will be surcharged for multiple use.
Available for purchase in the Waltti Mobile app and with a personal Waltti travel card.
- The Waltti travel card is available for junior, student, adult, and senior tickets. It is also available on Waltti Mobile for junior, student, and adult tickets.
- Students must present their student certificate at the customer service desk by the end of September when loading their season ticket onto the Waltti travel card.
- The price of the ticket is determined by the number of travel zones.
- The ticket is personal.
- The ticket must be displayed on the reader when boarding the bus.
- The validity of the ticket starts from the first journey on the Waltti card. On Waltti Mobile, the ticket starts from the moment of purchase (please note when buying a mobile ticket).
- With a Waltti travel card, the season ticket is valid for 2 years from the date of recharge. After this, the season ticket will automatically be removed from the travel account, regardless of whether it has been used or whether there are still days left on the season ticket.
- A Waltti card can hold two season tickets at the same time (one active and one pending).
- A personal Waltti card can have both a season ticket and a value at the same time. If the card has both, the on-board device will prioritize the season ticket. If you wish to pay for a journey using the value, you must select “poikkeus matka” before stamping the card.
Available for purchase in the Waltti Mobile app and Waltti travel card.
- The Waltti travel card is available for junior, student, adult, and senior tickets. The Waltti Mobile ticket is available for junior, student, and adult tickets.
- The price of the ticket is determined by the number of travel zones.
- The ticket is personal.
- The ticket must be displayed on the reader when boarding the bus.
- The validity of the ticket starts from the first journey on the Waltti card. On Waltti Mobile, the ticket starts from the moment of purchase (please note when purchasing a mobile ticket).
- With a Waltti travel card, the season ticket is valid for 2 years from the date of recharge. After this, the season ticket is automatically removed from the travel account, regardless of whether it has been used or not, or whether there are still days left on the season ticket.
Available for purchase in the Waltti Mobile app and Waltti travel card.
- The Waltti travel card is available for junior, student, adult, and senior tickets. The Waltti Mobile ticket is available for junior, student, and adult tickets.
- The price of the ticket is determined by the number of travel zones.
- The ticket is personal.
- The ticket must be displayed on the reader when boarding the bus.
- The validity of the ticket starts from the first journey on the Waltti card. On Waltti Mobile, the ticket starts from the moment of purchase (please note when purchasing a mobile ticket).
- With a Waltti travel card, the season ticket is valid for 2 years from the date of recharge. After this, the season ticket is automatically removed from the travel account, regardless of whether it has been used or not, or whether there are still days left on the season ticket.
- The cardboard card can be purchased at the customer service point Ruori OR a mobile ticket in the Waltti Mobile app.
- When purchasing a ticket, you can choose a validity period of 1-7 days.
- The validity of the cardboard ticket starts from the first stamp. The mobile ticket is valid from the moment of purchase.
- The ticket must be stamped on the reader on board the bus.
- A season ticket allows unlimited travel on all Kotka Region transport lines in all zones (Kotka-Hamina-Pyhtää).
The Kymenlaakso ticket can be used not only for buses in Kotka, but also for VR’s local trains in the Kymenlaakso region and buses in Kouvola. The ticket always includes a train ticket.
- Available only in the Waltti Mobile app. Select Kymenlaakso as the region.
- Single ticket is valid for 120 minutes from the moment of purchase.
- Season ticket is valid 30 days from the moment of purchase.
- The ticket must be purchased before boarding the bus/train and presented to the bus ticket machine/conductor. Passengers must ensure that their phone has enough power for the entire journey. Purchased tickets are displayed in the ‘Tickets‘ tab of the app.
- Multiple tickets can be purchased at once (for more than one passenger).
Bus tickets in the Kotka region can also be purchased from the following partner outlets: Matkahuolto Routes and Tickets app, Onnibus, Semel Reissu, PayIQ Tickets.
The mobile ticket must be purchased before boarding the bus. Please note that the prices of tickets sold by partners may differ from Waltti Mobile ticket prices.
A disabled person traveling with an assistant can have the assistant travel free of charge if the disabled person presents a personal EU Disability Card with an A-code indicating the need for assistance.
The disabled person pays the normal fare for the journey.
A commuter ticket is a ticket purchased by the employer, wholly or partly at the expense of the employee, A commuter ticket is purchased by the employer, wholly or partly at the expense of the employee, primarily for travel between home and work. The card can also be used during free time.
The following service providers’ commuting products can be used to top up Waltti travel cards at Waltti service points in the Kotka region:
- Service point Ruori, Kotka: Epassi and Smartum
- R-Kioski in Karhula: Epassi and Smartum
- Service point Rinkeli, Hamina: Edenred, Epassi and Smartum
- Waltti point of Pyhtää Library: Does not sell commuter benefit products.
See the contact details of Waltti service points for more information.
For the time being, it is not possible to use commuter products to top up your Waltti travel card at the Waltti online shop or on the bus.
